most recent fountain was built on the 165th anniversary of the park. In 1958, the Avenue of the Classics of Moldovan Literature was opened, lined with statues and busts of Romanian and Moldovan authors and social figures. The bronze bust are set upon bases of red polished granite, and the entrance to the avenue is guarded by marble lions by an unknown sculptor. The avenue includes such famous figures as Alexandru Hâjdeu, George Coșbuc, Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Milescu, Tudor Arghezi, Vasile Alecsandri, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Constantin Stamati, Alecu Russo, Lucian Blaga, Gheorghe Asachi, Constantin Stere, Alexei Mateevici, Constantin Negruzzi, Mircea Eliade, Ion Creangă, Alecu Donici and Dimitrie Cantemir. In the later decades of Soviet power, the Alley of Friendship was created, where prominent guests of Chișinău planted trees; among were them Yuri Gagarin, Mikhail Gorbachev and Meliton Kantaria. In 2009, free park Wi-Fi access was launched. Gallery Bibliography Colesnic, Iurie (1997). Chişinău. Enciclopedie. Chişinău: ed. „Museum”. pp. 234–235. Chișinău Parks in Moldova 1818 establishments in Europe